"When I was thinking about starting to plan for my Eagle Scout project, I knew I wanted to do something in this area," Mullins said. "She said what she really needed was a shed and a specimen table. She said she didn't think she could get the grant money

An arrest made toward the end of the Bluff City Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting Thursday resulted in the early exits of an alderman and city manager and left the mayor searching for answers from police.

Cogburn's ruling followed Monday's announcement by the U.S. Supreme Court that it would not hear any appeal of a July ruling by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond striking down Virginia's ban. That court has jurisdiction over North Carolina.